Author:
Publisher: National Geographic Learning
ISBN: 9781285349565
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Global Issues: Standard of Living 6-Pack (below-level)
Author:
Publisher: National Geographic Learning
ISBN: 9781285349565
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: National Geographic Learning
ISBN: 9781285349565
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Handbook on Globalisation and Labour Standards
Author: Elliott, Kimberly A.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1788977378
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
This comprehensive Handbook explores the complex and volatile debate over globalisation and labour standards. It offers key insights into the impact of globalisation on workers, the obligations of corporations and international legal bodies in protecting workers’ rights and maximising the opportunities offered by international trade and investment.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1788977378
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
This comprehensive Handbook explores the complex and volatile debate over globalisation and labour standards. It offers key insights into the impact of globalisation on workers, the obligations of corporations and international legal bodies in protecting workers’ rights and maximising the opportunities offered by international trade and investment.
Global Issues Classroom Set
Author: National Geographic Learning
Publisher: National Geographic Learning
ISBN: 9781285349305
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
6 copies of each issue at all three reading levels (216 books) and 12 Teacher's Guides for a total of 228 books
Publisher: National Geographic Learning
ISBN: 9781285349305
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
6 copies of each issue at all three reading levels (216 books) and 12 Teacher's Guides for a total of 228 books
Monitoring Global Poverty
Author: World Bank
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 1464809623
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
In 2013, the World Bank Group announced two goals that would guideits operations worldwide. First is the eradication of chronic extremepoverty bringing the number of extremely poor people, defined as thoseliving on less than 1.25 purchasing power parity (PPP)–adjusted dollars aday, to less than 3 percent of the world’s population by 2030.The second isthe boosting of shared prosperity, defined as promoting the growth of percapita real income of the poorest 40 percent of the population ineach country.In 2015, United Nations member nations agreed in New York to a set ofpost-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the first and foremostof which is the eradication of extreme poverty everywhere, in all its forms.Both the language and the spirit of the SDG objective reflect the growingacceptance of the idea that poverty is a multidimensional concept thatreflects multiple deprivations in various aspects of well-being. That said,there is much less agreement on the best ways in which those deprivationsshould be measured, and on whether or how information on them shouldbe aggregated.Monitoring Global Poverty: Report of the Commission on Global Povertyadvises the World Bank on the measurement and monitoring of globalpoverty in two areas:What should be the interpretation of the definition of extremepoverty, set in 2015 in PPP-adjusted dollars a day per person?What choices should the Bank make regarding complementarymonetary and nonmonetary poverty measures to be tracked andmade available to policy makers?The World Bank plays an important role in shaping the global debate oncombating poverty, and the indicators and data that the Bank collates andmakes available shape opinion and actual policies in client countries, and,to a certain extent, in all countries. How we answer the above questionscan therefore have a major influence on the global economy.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 1464809623
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
In 2013, the World Bank Group announced two goals that would guideits operations worldwide. First is the eradication of chronic extremepoverty bringing the number of extremely poor people, defined as thoseliving on less than 1.25 purchasing power parity (PPP)–adjusted dollars aday, to less than 3 percent of the world’s population by 2030.The second isthe boosting of shared prosperity, defined as promoting the growth of percapita real income of the poorest 40 percent of the population ineach country.In 2015, United Nations member nations agreed in New York to a set ofpost-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the first and foremostof which is the eradication of extreme poverty everywhere, in all its forms.Both the language and the spirit of the SDG objective reflect the growingacceptance of the idea that poverty is a multidimensional concept thatreflects multiple deprivations in various aspects of well-being. That said,there is much less agreement on the best ways in which those deprivationsshould be measured, and on whether or how information on them shouldbe aggregated.Monitoring Global Poverty: Report of the Commission on Global Povertyadvises the World Bank on the measurement and monitoring of globalpoverty in two areas:What should be the interpretation of the definition of extremepoverty, set in 2015 in PPP-adjusted dollars a day per person?What choices should the Bank make regarding complementarymonetary and nonmonetary poverty measures to be tracked andmade available to policy makers?The World Bank plays an important role in shaping the global debate oncombating poverty, and the indicators and data that the Bank collates andmakes available shape opinion and actual policies in client countries, and,to a certain extent, in all countries. How we answer the above questionscan therefore have a major influence on the global economy.
Concise World Atlas
Author: DK
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1465454446
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
See the Earth revealed in amazing detail through more than 640 spectacular maps, along with fascinating fact files about countries all over the world. The world is a big place, but this best-selling reference atlas keeps things suitably small for children and adults alike. More than 640 stunning maps come together in DK's Concise World Atlas, from the frozen ice of Antarctica to the hot tropics of Africa. Terrain models show features of the land, while informative text, photographs, and diagrams combine to create a superb overview of the world's physical, political, economic, and demographic geography. Careful presentation and easy language ensure the information stays clear and concise for younger readers throughout the book. 196 nations are detailed in fascinating fact files, alongside information about the country's land use, industries, and population distribution. An index bursting with 80,000 entries makes the Concise World Atlas an essential desktop reference for homes, schools, and businesses.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1465454446
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
See the Earth revealed in amazing detail through more than 640 spectacular maps, along with fascinating fact files about countries all over the world. The world is a big place, but this best-selling reference atlas keeps things suitably small for children and adults alike. More than 640 stunning maps come together in DK's Concise World Atlas, from the frozen ice of Antarctica to the hot tropics of Africa. Terrain models show features of the land, while informative text, photographs, and diagrams combine to create a superb overview of the world's physical, political, economic, and demographic geography. Careful presentation and easy language ensure the information stays clear and concise for younger readers throughout the book. 196 nations are detailed in fascinating fact files, alongside information about the country's land use, industries, and population distribution. An index bursting with 80,000 entries makes the Concise World Atlas an essential desktop reference for homes, schools, and businesses.
Topics and Terms in Environmental Problems
Author: John R. Holum
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN:
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Basic definitions and short essays on environmental topics. 239 main entries, with over 1,100 references, illustrations, and an extensive subject index. Includes among topics covered many pesticides and agricultural chemicals, agricultural wastes, air pollution, erosion, food additives, lakes, and eutrophication, and water pollution. Published 1977.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN:
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Basic definitions and short essays on environmental topics. 239 main entries, with over 1,100 references, illustrations, and an extensive subject index. Includes among topics covered many pesticides and agricultural chemicals, agricultural wastes, air pollution, erosion, food additives, lakes, and eutrophication, and water pollution. Published 1977.
Global Issues, Spanish
Author: National NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Publisher: National Geographic Learning
ISBN: 9781305454163
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: National Geographic Learning
ISBN: 9781305454163
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Covering ABS
Author: Tomme R. Young
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 2831709830
Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The most difficult and least addressed ABS implementation issue is that of coverage. On the one hand, the CBD's ABS provisions appear to give every country full rights over all genetic resources found in the country, even if the exact subspecies or variety is also found in other countries. On the other hand, however, even within a single country, each biome may be separately regulated, and each community or landowner may be given the right to control access to and receive benefits for the genetic resources of every specimen taken from their land or sold by them. This book analyzes the basic concept of ABS, examining the overall mechanisms that could be used to make the system work internationally.
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 2831709830
Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The most difficult and least addressed ABS implementation issue is that of coverage. On the one hand, the CBD's ABS provisions appear to give every country full rights over all genetic resources found in the country, even if the exact subspecies or variety is also found in other countries. On the other hand, however, even within a single country, each biome may be separately regulated, and each community or landowner may be given the right to control access to and receive benefits for the genetic resources of every specimen taken from their land or sold by them. This book analyzes the basic concept of ABS, examining the overall mechanisms that could be used to make the system work internationally.
Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2018
Author: World Bank
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 1464813604
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The World Bank Group has two overarching goals: End extreme poverty by 2030 and promote shared prosperity by boosting the incomes of the bottom 40 percent of the population in each economy. As this year’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity report documents, the world continues tomake progress toward these goals. In 2015, approximately one-tenth of the world’s population lived in extreme poverty, and the incomes of the bottom 40 percent rose in 77 percent of economies studied.But success cannot be taken for granted. Poverty remains high in Sub- Saharan Africa, as well as in fragile and conflict-affected states. At the same time, most of the world’s poor now live in middle-income countries, which tend to have higher national poverty lines. This year’s report tracks poverty comparisons at two higher poverty thresholds—$3.20 and $5.50 per day—which are typical of standards in lower- and upper-middle-income countries. In addition, the report introduces a societal poverty line based on each economy’s median income or consumption.Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2018: Piecing Together the Poverty Puzzle also recognizes that poverty is not only about income and consumption—and it introduces a multidimensional poverty measure that adds other factors, such as access to education, electricity, drinking water, and sanitation. It also explores how inequality within households could affect the global profile of the poor.All these additional pieces enrich our understanding of the poverty puzzle, bringing us closer to solving it.For more information, please visit worldbank.org/PSP
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 1464813604
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The World Bank Group has two overarching goals: End extreme poverty by 2030 and promote shared prosperity by boosting the incomes of the bottom 40 percent of the population in each economy. As this year’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity report documents, the world continues tomake progress toward these goals. In 2015, approximately one-tenth of the world’s population lived in extreme poverty, and the incomes of the bottom 40 percent rose in 77 percent of economies studied.But success cannot be taken for granted. Poverty remains high in Sub- Saharan Africa, as well as in fragile and conflict-affected states. At the same time, most of the world’s poor now live in middle-income countries, which tend to have higher national poverty lines. This year’s report tracks poverty comparisons at two higher poverty thresholds—$3.20 and $5.50 per day—which are typical of standards in lower- and upper-middle-income countries. In addition, the report introduces a societal poverty line based on each economy’s median income or consumption.Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2018: Piecing Together the Poverty Puzzle also recognizes that poverty is not only about income and consumption—and it introduces a multidimensional poverty measure that adds other factors, such as access to education, electricity, drinking water, and sanitation. It also explores how inequality within households could affect the global profile of the poor.All these additional pieces enrich our understanding of the poverty puzzle, bringing us closer to solving it.For more information, please visit worldbank.org/PSP
International Issues in SEND and Inclusion
Author: Alan Hodkinson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000635953
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
International Issues in SEND and Inclusion brings together a collection of cutting-edge researches on approaches to special education needs and disability education, across 6 continents and within 12 countries. Written by authors who are experts in their own countries in relation to special educational needs and disability, the book provides a unique knowledge and understanding of different international perspectives in special educational needs, disability and inclusion. The chapters present extended case studies and reflect on current policy, practice and theory within that context, challenging assumptions which can dominate the policy and practice of inclusive education. Each of the six continents has a separate section and introduction within the book to offer a relevant approach and context for analysis. The book will be of great interest to academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of inclusion, special educational needs and disability, teacher education and comparative education.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000635953
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
International Issues in SEND and Inclusion brings together a collection of cutting-edge researches on approaches to special education needs and disability education, across 6 continents and within 12 countries. Written by authors who are experts in their own countries in relation to special educational needs and disability, the book provides a unique knowledge and understanding of different international perspectives in special educational needs, disability and inclusion. The chapters present extended case studies and reflect on current policy, practice and theory within that context, challenging assumptions which can dominate the policy and practice of inclusive education. Each of the six continents has a separate section and introduction within the book to offer a relevant approach and context for analysis. The book will be of great interest to academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of inclusion, special educational needs and disability, teacher education and comparative education.